Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2014.

Provisions coming into force on 24th February 2014

2.  The following provisions of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 come into force on 24th February 2014-

(a)section 45 (deferred prosecution agreements); and

(b)Schedule 17 (deferred prosecution agreements).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the eighth commencement order made under the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). It brings into force section 45 of and Schedule 17 to that Act, which make provision for deferred prosecution agreements.

A deferred prosecution agreement is an agreement between a prosecutor and an organisation facing prosecution for an economic or financial offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Act, by virtue of which agreement the organisation agrees to comply with a range of terms and conditions and the prosecutor agrees to instigate but then defer criminal proceedings for the alleged offence on approval of the deferred prosecution agreement.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22) have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.